Today in History - History - May 25th

1842Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect, to the Royal Bohemian Society, Prague

1994Mark Messier guarantees his New York Rangers will beat the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which he would help deliver on by scoring a natural hat trick in the game

1935Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates

1521Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers

201146th Academy of Country Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Brad Paisley wins

1989Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union

1961JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade

1965Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title rematch

194830th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis

1660King Charles II of England lands in Dover

1969Anne Heche, Aurora Ohio, actress (Donnie Brasco, Juror, Volcano)

1889Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft

1907Rachel Carson, conservationist/writer (silent springs)

1803Ralph Waldo Emerson, Boston Massachusetts, American essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)

1939Ian McKellen, England, actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel)

1926Bill Sharman, Abilene Texas, Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics)

1901Russian physician, dramatist and author Anton Chekhov marries actress Olga Knipper

1661King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca

1965Boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson (44) weds Millie Bruce in Los Angeles

1898Chocolatier Milton S. Hershey (40) weds Catherine Sweeney at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City

1957NFL coach Chuck Noll (25) weds first wife Marianne Noll

1940MLB outfielder Stan Musial (19) weds his high school sweetheart Lillian Labash in Daytona Beach

1954Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)

1919Madame C. J. Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51